Descriptor
Source
Author
| Chatman, Steven P. | 1 |
| Smith, Kandis | 1 |
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Missouri | 3 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Guaranteed Student Loan… | 1 |
| Higher Education Act 1965 | 1 |
| Pell Grant Program | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textMissouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Jefferson City. – 1999
This report provides contextual background for the Missouri Commission on the Affordability of Higher Education, which was established in 1998 to engage students, parents, business, higher education, and public policy leaders in a systematic dialogue aimed at ensuring that an affordable college education stays within reach of Missouri citizens.…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Higher Education, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), Paying for College
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that were held in St. Louis, Missouri, are presented. Student assistance programs are the centerpiece of the Higher Education Act and play a critical role in achieving the federal objective of equal educational opportunity. The Higher Education Act also contains programs to assist…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Developing Institutions, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
Chatman, Steven P.; Smith, Kandis – 1998
This paper argues that there is reason to reconsider college admissions policies on three levels because: (1) some admissions measures exhibit racial or economic/social status bias, (2) there is evidence that financial barriers exist, and (3) a belief exists that race-blind admissions policies which include adjustments that offset students' social…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation
